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Degradable Bags

By definition 'Degradable Plastic' means a plastic film containing a controlled percentage of an
appropriate non-toxic, non-tinting additive, which will enable the plastic film to totally degrade
when exposed to aerobic or anaerobic conditions, including when disposed in a landfill or other
regulated dumping area, and within such period of time as specified.

Starch-based Degradable Plastic

Some degradable plastic products are based on starch derived from maize. These materials
predominantly require an active microbial environment such as landfill or composting before
they will degrade - some will totally degrade in such an environment but others will only
perforate, and the plastic component will not degrade. The remaining plastic particles can e
harmful to soil, birds and other wildlife. Whilst using renewable ingredients may seem attractive
in principle, they do not offer the best way forward.

Composting

Organic waste can be put into compost sacks in homes, restaurants,
hospitals etc and put straight into the composting plant without the messy and expensive
business of emptying the sacks and disposing of them separately. Disease transmission by
flies and rats and handling hazards to humans are effectively minimized by the use of such
sacks.

For the reasons described above, much more waste can be safely and conveniently composted
for use instead of being sent to landfill and lost. Degradable bags can also be
recycled or incinerated instead of being sent to landfill.

Recycling

Degradable packaging is entirely recyclable.

After cleansing, separation and re-extrusion the degradation process is arrested, and the
recycled plastic reverts to the properties of conventional plastics. Interestingly, as a further
option, the additive can be added to recycle and will cause that to degrade in turn if that is
the required outcome.

What other sites are saying about recycled packaging

Bio-based, Bio-degradable Packaging in the European RegionSource: Rohmhaas

Promising new uses for bio-based materials like polylactic acid (PLA), cellulose and
starch-based renewable bio-degradable films will help the packaging industry in Europe
make important progress towards green packaging which reduces food waste and more
broadly, the environmental impact of packaging.